The Sd.Kfz. 124 Wespe, also known as Leichte Feldhaubitze 18/2 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II, is a German self-propelled gun developed and used during the Second World War. It was based on a mod
Wespe at the Deutsches Panzermuseum in Munster, Germany
A battery of Wespe self-propelled howitzers supporting German forces during the Battle of Kursk
Wespe howitzers move through a town in Romania, March - April 1944
A Wespe destroyed in Normandy, 1944.
The Marder II was a German tank destroyer of World War II based on the Panzer II chassis. There were two versions, the first mounted a modified Soviet 7.62 cm gun firing German ammunition, while the o
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…providing mobility to the 10.5 cm field howitzer. Existing chassis were converted to self-propelled artillery and tank destroyer vehicles, such as the Marder II conversion providing mobility to the PaK 40/7.5 cm anti-tank gun. The design for the Wespe was produced by Alkett, based on the Panzer II Ausf. F…
This Marder II (Sd.Kfz. 131) was nicknamed "Kohlenklau [de]" (Coal thief), after a propaganda caricature which was very popular in Germany from 1942 onward.
A Waffen-SS Marder II and its crew somewhere in Southern Russia during the Wehrmacht's raid into the Caucasus. The vehicle depicted is the Sd.Kfz. 132 variant, also known as a 'LaS76', based on the early Panzer II Ausf. D/E chassis mounting a captured Soviet 76 mm gun.
The Marder II "coal thief", recognizable by the cartoon painted on both sides, on the Eastern Front in 1943. The ring markings on the barrel of the gun indicate 19 claimed kills for the vehicle.